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XII. AvD/MVBL-Rundstreckenrennen „Bergischer Löwe“

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 22/3/1981
Track length: 4.261 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 16 (Div. 1); 24 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 14 (Div. 1); 17 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Winkelhock in 1.29,28 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 1.31,13 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Winkelhock in 1.35,98 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 1.36,67 (Div. 2)

Distance: 24 laps
Average speed: 147,852 kmh (Div. 1); 158,717 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Rain in the afternoon
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1981 Cars

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In its last Group 5 year, the “Rennsportmeisterschaft” would have had a great field - if divisions 1 and 2 had been combined, which was discussed frequently but to no avail. So we were stuck with two divisions with few favorites: division 1 with the Zakspeed Capri for Winkelhock, a Kremer Porsche for Wollek, a new Joest car in “Moby Dick” form for Mass and last but not least the new BMW M1 turbo, built by Schnitzer for Hans Stuck.
In division 2, there were two real challengers: Heyer with his Lancia and Ludwig with the super-Capri, now in Division 2 form. The rest of the field consisted of cars from 1980 or even earlier, like Becker’s 1977 car. A welcome addition was a second Lancia (Heyer’s 1980car) for Müller Jr.

After a delay of an hour (it might have stopped raining or storming!) the division 1 race was started, but the sand thrown up by the wind had already damaged Stuck’s turbo (as well as that of teammate Brun in division 2). So Stuck retired early, and no one was capable to keep up with polesitter Winkelhock and his ground-effect Capri. Both Wollek and Mass disappointed, Mass complaining of Wollek’s oil on his windshield.

Earlier, the division 2 race had taken place, Ludwig dominating while Niedzwiedz fell back with electrical problems. Heyer’s brand new Lancia was difficult to drive, but second at the finish made Heyer optimistic.

Division 1
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 55 Liqui Moly Equipe
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 24 laps, 41.30,57 1 1.29,28 1.35,98  
2 2 52 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 42.22,37 2 1.30,56    
3 3 66 Joest Racing
Porsche 935/78-81		 Jochen Mass, D
 3200 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 42.51,04 4 1.32,15    
4 1 76 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1		 Helmut Henzler, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 23 9 1.39,47    
5 4 54 Wera Meissberg Team
Porsche 935 K3		 Jürgen Lässig, D
   B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 23 7 1.36,54    
6 5 67 Spot-Oil Racing Team
Porsche 935 J		 Volkert Merl, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 23 5 1.36,38    
7 2 71  
BMW M1		 Kurt König, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 23 8 1.37,97    
8 3 74 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 22 10 1.40,19    
9 4 81  
BMW M1		 Rolf Göring, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 22 14 1.42,75    
10 5 75 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 22 13 1.41,61    
11 6 77 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 21 12 1.41,46    
12 6 53 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935 J		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 20 6 1.36,40    
13 7 83  
BMW M1		 Walter Maurer, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 20 15 1.47,45    
14 8 72 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 1984 tc L4 Division 1/Group 2-4 20 16 1.49,67    
DNF   51 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW M1 Turbo		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3150 tc L6 Division 1 2 3 1.30,82   Turbocharger
DNF   73 Sauber Racing Switzerland
BMW M1		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 1 11 1.40,65   Accident
DNQ/DNF?   78 Kurt Gutmann Talbot Tuning
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus		 Reinhold Wolter, D
 2200 L4 Division 1/Group 2-4   ? ?    

Division 2
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 2 Würth-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 39.28,57 1 1.31,13 1.36,67  
2 2 1 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 39.39,58 3 1.34,44    
3 3 4 Jürgen Hamelmann Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 40.51,59 5 1.36,06    
4 4 5 Rummel Mineralölspedition
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 41.09,37 7 1.38,62    
5 5 8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 23 4 1.35,71    
6 1 45  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 9 1.46,78    
7 6 18  
Lotus Esprit S1		 Richard Jenvey, GB
 1973 L4 Division 2 21 8 1.43,36    
8 2 30 Ideal Schlauchklemmen Racing Team
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 16 1.51,40    
9 3 26 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Lili Reisenbichler, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 12 1.50,57    
10 4 50 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 320		 Johannes Wollstadt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 17 1.51,87    
11 5 24  
BMW 320		 Willi Hatje, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 19 1.53,75    
12 7 3 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 21 2 1.32,69   Electrics
13 6 34  
Ford Escort II RS ?2.0		 Georg Stummeyer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 20 11 1.49,76    
14 7 47 Pioneer Racing
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Christoph Esser, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 20 22 1.59,73    
15 8 42  
BMW 320		 Jürgen Brauers, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 20 20 1.56,84    
16 9 46 Pioneer Racing
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Michael Degenhardt, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 19 24 2.01,40    
17 10 31 MFK Team Burscheid
BMW 2002		 Joachim Scheefeldt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 19 23 2.00,08    
DNF   22 Kilian Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 11 18 1.52,20   Gearbox
DNF   7 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 1 6 1.37,45   Turbocharger
DNF   23 Heidapal Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Bernd Dransmann, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   10 1.49,67    
DNF   29 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica 2000 GT RA40		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1968 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   13 1.50,66    
DNF   43 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 320		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   14 1.51,02    
DNF   27  
BMW 320		 Daniël Herregods, B
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   15 1.51,29    
DNF   32 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Günter Schneider, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   21 1.58,16    
DNS   35  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1565 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4         Bearings
DNS?DNQ?   9 Autohaus Knippschild
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Günther Knippschild, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2          
DNS   21 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4         Head gasket on warm up lap
DNS   25 Kamei Crew Nothelle
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4         Ignition